Post by bns001 » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:53 pm
Currently most twitter posts that are suggested start "I just completed ".
I suggest a SMALL change to creating the message. Change the start of the post to "w999-Completed ".
This cuts two characters out of the string, mentions the world where the award occurred (important for players who play in multiple worlds), and is more terse (to the point). Abbreviations and coding of messages are the norm for Twitter and tweets, so why should semi-automated tweets not follow existing tweet grammar. Why add extra words to a twitter message for grammatical correctness when tweets normally ignored grammar to maximize the message content.
Why have the EXTRA words? "I", "the", "just" -- useless baggage. If you own the twitter feed the message came from you, so "I" is understood. Twitter is almost immediate, so "just" is not needed. Other words that are implied, thus useless, are determinates like "the", "a", "an".
I haven't really studied the messages much closer, but the WORLD element is the only crucial change that I request... but in making space for world in the tweet, the rest of the tweet really needs to be audited for decreasing msgsiz.
Peace, Out!
Barry
Currently most twitter posts that are suggested start "I just completed ".
I suggest a SMALL change to creating the message. Change the start of the post to "w999-Completed ".
This cuts two characters out of the string, mentions the world where the award occurred (important for players who play in multiple worlds), and is more terse (to the point). Abbreviations and coding of messages are the norm for Twitter and tweets, so why should semi-automated tweets not follow existing tweet grammar. Why add extra words to a twitter message for grammatical correctness when tweets normally ignored grammar to maximize the message content.
Why have the EXTRA words? "I", "the", "just" -- useless baggage. If you own the twitter feed the message came from you, so "I" is understood. Twitter is almost immediate, so "just" is not needed. Other words that are implied, thus useless, are determinates like "the", "a", "an".
I haven't really studied the messages much closer, but the WORLD element is the only crucial change that I request... but in making space for world in the tweet, the rest of the tweet really needs to be audited for decreasing msgsiz. ;)
Peace, Out!
Barry